10 Great Quotes About Cats

Edgar Allan Poe, author, master of the mysterious, and the very inventor of the detective novel is often attributed as saying, “I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat”.

While it can’t quite be officially verified that Poe said this, the quote certainly fits the author, and is often attributed to him. Poe, like Lovecraft, was a master of horror. His work veered more toward the psychological and the grotesque, filled with unreliable narrators and examples of insanity.

He also famously adored animals, and owned a cat, which he named Catterina.

Cats, it seems, appeal to the sensitive among us, to those who are attuned to the subtle details in life. Far from being the mere aloof troublemakers they’re often portrayed as, a relationship with a pet cat simply takes a little more effort on the part of the human in order to work. There is something to be said for that which we must work to obtain and understand, and the affection of a cat is just that. Cats are mysterious creatures whose minds work in ways unknown to us, and that, as Poe might say, that is exactly why their adoration is so lovely.

Edgar Allan Poe, author, master of the mysterious, and the very inventor of the detective novel is often attributed as saying, “I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat”.

While it can’t quite be officially verified that Poe said this, the quote certainly fits the author, and is often attributed to him. Poe, like Lovecraft, was a master of horror. His work veered more toward the psychological and the grotesque, filled with unreliable narrators and examples of insanity.

He also famously adored animals, and owned a cat, which he named Catterina.

Cats, it seems, appeal to the sensitive among us, to those who are attuned to the subtle details in life. Far from being the mere aloof troublemakers they’re often portrayed as, a relationship with a pet cat simply takes a little more effort on the part of the human in order to work. There is something to be said for that which we must work to obtain and understand, and the affection of a cat is just that. Cats are mysterious creatures whose minds work in ways unknown to us, and that, as Poe might say, that is exactly why their adoration is so lovely.